Universal Battery Recycling System (UBRS)

随着近年来电动汽车（EV）的快速发展，从2025年到2030年，大量的高压锂离子电池将达到寿命终止（EoL）。为了克服即将到来的“电池垃圾海啸”，建立一个足够一致的电池回收渠道至关重要。然而，现有的工业回收受到各种因素的阻碍，这些因素使得大规模回收难以同时保持经济可行性。法拉第研究所和更广泛的电池和制造行业认识到需要修订政策和监管框架，以解决整个电动汽车电池生命周期的回收问题，包括：1.针对锂离子电池的连贯废物层级战略，其中涉及寿命终止管理，并涵盖英国而不是国外电池的回收，再利用和再利用。明确的再利用和再利用的法规和政策。支持向循环经济模式转变的生产者延伸责任（EPR）法规。回收和再制造的生态设计标准。更新和澄清与电动汽车锂离子电池有关的现有废物管理法律，以确保对人类健康和环境的高标准保护。作为2021年检讨《废电池及蓄电池规例》的一部分，引入强制性锂离子电池化学标签规定。一项为英国新的锂离子电池回收行业的蓬勃发展创造条件的战略。为了支持这一框架并应对所概述的挑战，伯明翰大学（UoB）的先进材料与加工实验室（AMPLab）将合作创建第一个移动的电池回收系统，该系统能够从任何类型的电动汽车和锂电池中粉碎和回收材料。离子电池通用电池回收系统（UBRS）将为英国各地的电动汽车和锂离子电池的安全和环保回收提供可靠，具有成本效益和自动化的过程。

With the recent rapid development of the electric vehicle (EV), significant quantities of high-voltage lithium-ion batteries will reach the end-of-life (EoL) from 2025-2030\. In order to overcome the upcoming "battery waste tsunami", it is crucial to set up a sufficiently consistent battery recycling channel. However, existing industrial recycling is hampered by a variety of factors that make large-scale recycling difficult while maintaining economic viability.The Faraday Institute and wider battery and manufacturing industries recognise the need for a revised policy and regulatory framework to address recycling issues across the entire EV battery lifecycle, including:1. A coherent waste hierarchy strategy for lithium-ion batteries, which addresses end-of-life management and covers recycling, re-use, and repurposing of the batteries in the UK rather than abroad.2. Clear regulation and policy on re-use and re-purposing.3. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations that support a move to a circular economy model.4. Eco-design criteria for recycling and remanufacturing.5. Update and clarification of existing waste management law as it relates to EV lithium-ion batteries to ensure a high standard of protection for human health and the environment.6. The introduction, as part of the review of the Waste Battery and Accumulator Regulations in 2021, of mandatory chemistry labelling requirements for lithium-ion batteries.7. A strategy to create the conditions for a new lithium-ion battery recycling industry in the UK to flourish.In order to support this framework and address the challenges outlined, Recyclus Group and the Advanced Materials & Processing Laboratory (AMPLab) at the University of Birmingham (UoB) will collaborate to create the first mobile battery recycling system capable of shredding and recovering materials from any type of EV and lithium-ion batteries. The Universal Battery Recycling System (UBRS) will offer a reliable, cost-effective, and automated process for the safe and environmentally friendly recycling of EV and lithium-ion batteries across the UK.